Pioneer Promises 400GB Optical Discs

schliz writes "Pioneer has developed a 16-layer read-only optical disc which it claims can store 400GB of data. The per-layer capacity is 25GB, the same as that of a Blu-ray Disc, and the multilayer technology will also be applicable to multilayer recordable discs."

No burning. Less useful than Blu-ray. Lame

[ergo98]

This is one of somewhere closing on quadrillion (give or take a gazillion) super-duper high capacity optical formats that have been prematurely hyped and then disappeared.

Re:Oh yeah, well I'm promising more

[n1ckml007]

Yes, it will be five feet wide and access times will be measured in tens of seconds...but by gosh it will be the biggest!

That's what she said!

But will it play in my HD-DVD player?

[fodder69]

Will it play in my HDDVD player?

Re:Oh yeah, well I'm promising more

[sexconker]

I don't know what an optical disk is, but an optical disc greater than your already exists in various telescopes and such.

They're very shiny.

Limited time offer

[cazbar]

Now you can order a collection of ALL the pornography on the internet on an easy-to-ship 150 disc set. Pioneer drive required.

Thick

[GottliebPins]

Its amazing how much data you can cram on a 12" thick disc.

Where have I heard this before?

[hyades1]

Let me guess, it's going to be used to ship the next version of Duke Nukem.

Re:Limited time offer

[sexconker]

150 discs?

Surely you mean 150 spindles of discs...

Re:Read Only?

[ColdWetDog]

So essentially these are high-capacity coasters?

No, Laserdisks are (were) high capacity coasters. You could put an entire six-pack on them. These will just hold one drink, like all the other AOL disks.

Re:Blu Ray

[8282now]

A 500 GB HDD costs less than a single one of these discs, is reliable, rewritable a million times, lasts decades if properly stored, is already available, is faster, and requires no fancy hardware.

And there's always tape for true archiving.

But you can't go out and buy ST:TNG seasons 1-7 on HDD.

But as soon as a generous person does, no one else needs to ;)

Re:Thick

[oodaloop]

That's what SHE said.

Re:Blu Ray

[TheSpatulaOfLove]

Honestly, I don't even need 1080p - aXX0 releases on TPB are good enough for me!

Re:Blu Ray

[EchaniDrgn]

Now all we need is a Station Wagon to transport them in.

Re:Limited time offer

[RulerOf]

They've compressed it to MPEG-1, transcoded it to FLV, added an Ebaumsworld.com watermark, transcoded it to WMV, added a break.com watermark, and then transcoded it back to FLV, cropped out the watermarks, posted it on youtube, and pressed it to 150 fully DRM compliant disks, for your viewing pleasure.

For an extra 15 dollars/disk, they'll even sync up the audio for you.

Re:Blu Ray

[Doghouse Riley]

"I've explained HD vs dvd this way. In H. Potter chamber of secrets in the scene where he fights the basilisk. If you can't see how many zits HP has on his face under the makeup then HD would let you."

Golly, why didn't anyone tell me this before?? On my way to Best Buy right n

Re:Blu Ray

[Ngarrang]

... have some sort of predictive system that deletes the less popular movies, keeping them available to download again if you decide to watch it again.

"Howard the Duck", "Ishtar" and the ST:TOS episode "Spock's Brain" would never last under such an algorithm.

Fools!

[nko321]

It's read only! How are they going to get 400 GB onto something onto which they can't write?

Do they mean WORM? (Is there some marketing problem with that acronym, maybe?)

Re:Limited time offer

[Blimey85]

My heart skipped a beat when I read this.